ASBESTOS LUNG CANCER VIDEO

What are the types of asbestos-related lung disease?

What are the types of asbestos-related lung disease?Asbestos Lung CancerLung disease from exposure to asbestos can be divided into three main types:

1) asbestosis,

2) disease of the lining of the lung (pleura), and

3) lung cancer.

1. Asbestosis is a process of widespread scarring of the lungs.

2. Disease of the lining of the lungs, called the pleura, has a variety of signs and symptoms and is the result of inflammation and the hardening (calcification) and/or thickening of the lining tissue.

3. Lung cancer, either of the internal portions of the lungs or the outer lining (pleura).

All of the commonly available commercial forms of asbestos have been linked to cancerous and non-cancerous lung disease.

Asbestos-related lung disease / asbestos lung cancer occurred at very high rates toward the middle of the 20th century, when patients who were exposed decades earlier to asbestos eventually developed disease. British asbestos workers were among the first who were observed to have lung cancer related to asbestos.

Most current patients were once exposed to asbestos in:

* mines,* mills,* factories, or* homes with asbestos, either in the process of carrying, installing, or removing asbestos, or while cleaning items laden with asbestos dust.